Since Thursday, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia have been battered by severe rainfall and high winds. In Romania alone, four people have already died, and thousands have been evacuated across the region.
In Poland, around 1,600 people were evacuated in Klodzko, and the army has been called in to assist firefighters. Authorities also shut down the Golkowice border crossing with the Czech Republic and several roads due to flooding.
In Austria, a firefighter was killed in Lower Austria, which has been declared a natural disaster zone. Nearly 5,000 emergency interventions were made overnight in the state, where many residents were trapped in their homes.
The storm has also caused severe flooding in the Czech Republic, where police reported four missing people. Three individuals were swept away in a car in Lipova-Lazne, and another man was lost to floods in the southeast. A dam failure has exacerbated flooding in southern towns and villages.
In southeastern Romania, four fatalities were reported, and around 5,000 homes in the Galati region have been damaged. Emergency services have rescued hundreds across 19 areas, sharing footage of the devastating floods.
Austria’s Tyrol region experienced unusual mid-September snowfall, with up to a meter of snow. Rail services in eastern Austria and several metro lines in Vienna were suspended, and the Wien river is threatening to overflow.
Slovakia has declared a state of emergency in Bratislava. Heavy rains are expected to persist in the Czech Republic and Poland through Monday.
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